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Following is a list of goals designed to be fulfilled within a year time:
1. Raise awareness level of disaster counter and preparedness among Egyptian society’s different strata on a scale of (10%: 90%) in nine months period.
2. Change attitudes towards disasters preparedness, from the negative attitude to the neutr…
This document is intended to improve the Philippines' capacity to prevent and mitigate disasters. It is a tool for enhancing regional and provincial planning analyses by recognizing risks posed by natural hazards and the vulnerability of the population, economy and the environment to these hazards. By introducing risk analysis in development planning, i…
This report details the activities and the achievements of a course aiming to foster solution-oriented practitioners with solid theoretical and engineering bases who can serve for planning and practices of flood management within the framework of integrated river basin management at all levels from nations to localities.
It reports on the one-year Mast…
Climate and society no.3:
This issue highlights recent advances in the use of climate information to manage risks and improve livelihoods, such as new partnerships and user-designed information platforms. It draws together and analyses experiences from 17 case studies that capture the current state of knowledge. It also highlights research innovations…
This document describes FAO-Adapt, an organization-wide framework programme that provides general guidance and introduces principles as well as priority themes, actions and implementation support to FAO’s activities for climate change adaptation. The document consists of five main sections. Chapter 1 introduces the background and context of FAO-Adapt. C…
This briefing paper addresses the governance of funding for climate change adaptation in developing countries at the global and country level in order for the needs of the most vulnerable to be met. It particularly considers country-level ownership of adaptation finance and advocates for climate funding to prioritize and clearly provide resource allocat…
Research brief 3:
The Advanced Centre for Enabling Disaster Risk Reduction (ACEDRR) has supported practitioners to engage in a number of research studies on specific aspects of disaster risk reduction.
This third issue focuses on rainfed farmers in the south of India who are suffering because of the rapid change of long-steady rainfall patterns. The…
This bulletin is the third issue from the CMDRR Forum working towards collaboration, cooperation and coordination in the area of community managed disaster risk reduction (CMDRR) in Bangladesh. It presents best practice examples from partner organizations, as well as national and international announcements, news and events on disaster risk reduction an…
This report provides an overview and analysis of current and planned activities in DRR within the development cooperation of EU Member States and Commission services, and points toward potential areas for increased EU support. The report also draws information and insights from the activities of international and regional organizations engaged in DRR.…
Southasiadisasters.net, issue no. 74, February 2011:
This issue focuses on promoting and protecting rights in flood recovery: prevention and response. It contains articles written by disaster risk reduction practitioners and community leaders: (i) advocacy round table - promoting and protecting rights in recovery; (ii) voices from community - a page f…
This document presents a programme which was established to support the implementation of the Hyogo Framework for Action 2005-2015. It explains Disaster Risk Financing (DRF), promotes it as one of five pillars in the GFDRR comprehensive disaster risk management (DRM) framework, and classifies it into three broad categories: (i) Sovereign disaster risk f…
This updated handbook provides hands-on guidance for identifying the most effective technology options for poverty reduction and climate change mitigation and adaptation. By drawing on decades of experience and inputs from leading experts and practitioners, it brings novel insights for carrying out needs assessments and creating actionable plans as part…
This paper discussed a number of issues in order to determine the most effective arrangements to create a more disaster resilient and safer Victoria. It discusses Victoria's ability to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from emergency events and is part of the Victorian Government reform of the State’s crisis and emergency management arrangem…
Analyse hazards, prevent disasters and prepare people:
This document describes the purpose of the disaster risk reduction (DRR) activities of the German Red Cross (GRC), which is to build communities' self-help capacities and to strengthen the resilience of particularly vulnerable groups such as women, children and elderly people. It presents GRC's th…
Community, environment and disaster risk management, volume 7:
This book highlights the issues of resilience through regional, national, city and community-based studies.It is presented as the first book to combine academic research and field practice in urban risk reduction, focusing especially on climate-related disasters in the Asian region.
Contr…